Robidoux Polytechnic High School - Tech Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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l l til ll 1 n min 'um lr n n :fn '1 'll'll'. n 1 H l ll llffll I ll l ll nf disappearance have been questioned, but no evidence or clues have been found. ' M. Adle, the butler, and S. Frumhoff, the maid, at the home of Miss Woodside were quite enthusiastic this morning when they came running' in to where Chief of Police Madden was checkng over developments, They triumphantly placed two small objects on the Chiefs desk which, on closer in- spection proved to be two small black hairpins. But their efforts and delight were apparently in vain, for Miss Wood- side has blonde hair, and consequently would not have very much use with b-lack hairpins. The wedding party, which was rehearsing just before Miss Woodside's disappearance, was interviewed, by The Three A Musketeer Reportersl' of A1nerica's foremost newspaper- Miss Fuller, Miss Greer and Miss Caneday. Miss Rumsby fthe famous accompanist of the Arst Sym- phony Orchestral states: I came to Miss Woodside's house at 1:30 yesterday to rehearse the wedding. Miss Woodside herself greeted me and seemed a very staplevreflection of brightness and happiness . The rehearsal began sharply at 1:45. After the rehearsal, Miss Woodside left the room. I can give no clues or information as to her whereabouts at present. Miss A. Shanin CPresident Coolidge's private secretaryj who was to be maid-of-honor at the Patten-Woodside wedding, furnished a bit of news . Dorothyous Andrewing, one of the stellar dancers of the Nemzoff, Kaplan and Galitzky Broadway Showhouse, was present at the wedding rehearsal, nd was seen by Miss Shanin inaudibly conversing with Miss Woodside at odd times during the wedding rehearsal. The police have decided to secure the aid of Scotland Yard's most snooping detectives, Mr. Beall, Mr. Jeffords and Q Mr. Hawman, as means of unraveling the mystery. Miss M. Johnson, president of the Lioness Tamers' Club, offered her services and also the aid of all her club members in furthering developments in the mystery. I really began to have hopes of Miss Woodside's recovery now for surely the villainist villain could not hope to escape with three such detectives as named in the newspaper account, on his trail. This article recalled to my mind their wonderful and inspiring work in recovering the diamond UD necklace of Mrs. Crum, formerly Agnes Simpson, of this city. Miss Simpson had received the diamond C?J necklace as ,a wedding present from the noted orator, Mr. Schedufskii Crum. The same afternoon, I ventured to police court . Although I had always believed in woman's rights, I was quite disconcerted when I saw a young lady rise imposingly in the judge's desk and sternly rap the gavel for silence and order in the court. As time advanced, I became a Hrm believer in Judge Vanl-Iorne's efficiency for the office she held. No new evidence or suspicious characters had been seen, and I left the roo-m as mystified as ever concerning Miss Woodside's disappearance. ' I In the next issue of the paper I read: , Q Class Prophecy-2 IZ Z , ll ll I il 1 I Ill It :I 1' 'll H' ilI k'll 'Ill IK-'II7' H' IIJLYII' Il

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Q JD 75 9? UB' 226' IQ: 555' re. R55 9 Si Q2 E' X SQ: P 'lf I I I I I il z i I i I Fvrlflwvrlli M--. Nl! E f ,L K T U 4- F I I r lS?il9'l'lMF'll'1KilllQTIl V Y - K- -W -ill -' .Il 1 H - Ill FIANCEE DISAPPEARS ONE DAY BEFORE WEDDING Ena Woodside, One of Season's Most Popular Debutantes, Has Mysteriously Vanished E. Patten, the Prospective Groom, ls Well Known Sportsman Of More Than Local Fame New York-One of the most baffling mysteries of many years is now confronting the police of this city. Miss Ena Woodside of -i-Rockwell Ave., one of the leaders in New' York's younger set, has completely and suddenly vanished-and only one day before her wedding. , Needless to say, the would be groom, Mr. Elmer Pat- ten, is ina statevof greatest anxiety. f Th'e wedding, which was to have been performed 'at the bride's home, by Reverend Zeamer, was being rehearsed just before Miss Woodside'sfdisappearance. Elaborate decorations for the wedding were being planned by one of the ,foremost artists of the day, Madame J. Allison. ' ' The best man, Mr. Gordon Pierce, a well known auto racer of this city, states that he believes he has found afvaluable clue to the mystery. It is in the form of a small black French heel, which has been torn off of a lady's slipper. The more I thought about it the more interested I became, and finally my curiosity caused me to fling my paper aside and hurriedly make my way towards.Miss Woodside's house. As I had not seen them for over ten years, I wasted no time in closing the gap between myself and them. There stood Mr. R. Ken drick, one of the most worthy and best-liked athletes of the day. His coat lapel was one glistening mass of medals. With him were two of the most famous musicians the world had ever known-and I must say I felt quite a thrill of pride to know that I was acquainted intimately with two members of the famous Wieligman Band. Mr. G. Jenkins was said to have dethroned Paderewski the very night he made his debut with this famous band. In the same group was a tall, lank man whose face I could not place. Then I caught the name Stan. Oh, of course, Mr. Stanley Woodward, partner of Miss Rose Gold, the great anti-prohibition lecturers, who had just composed Moonshine and Red Roses. By the time our little group had finished recollecting past exper- iences, it was certainly no time of the night for me to go snooping about on a mysterious scent, so reluctantly I turned my steps home- ward: As I entered the hotel I absently glanced toward the switch- board, and awoke to the fact that the girl pulling and pushing the plugs was certainly attractive. I noticed the placard tacked over her desk read Miss R. Wyantf' I seemed to be in an especially receptive mood this evening for noticing likeable traits in people for I particu- larly enjoyed a short but elevating talk with E. Moek, an expert elevator operator, who had been employed at the hotel for about four months. POLICE STILL GREATLY BAFFLED I Are Beginning to Think Pied-Piper Spirited Miss Woodside Away V Miss Woodside's disappearance still remains a mystery. All of the persons at the Woodside home during the day of her Class Prophecy-1 'I' l l i I L l I in u n H I i L L IuAuuu-- Arg i Si 1 F' i 1 Q 4 1. , , F 2 l I I Q i l i T ffl I ll I ll' ' I lllfluk' ll I l U' MII l' ll H . Jl I H1 'w It 7 lr l' W I -frml nltflutli I Il

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nl--1-urn:-qg-qf1uminx1.mm.mfnq1p,,ll - ning: 1 , nfs: l nl I lu ns-Q .NO NEW EVIDENCE GAINED Detectives Are Working on New Clues . New York-Miss Atkins, Miss Cameron and Miss Gardner, interviewers for The Gossipy Gossip, were unable to gain an interview with the dancer, Miss Dorothyus Andrewing, who r was mentioned in 'last night's issued as connected with Miss Woodside's vanishing. The Woodside's chauzeur, James Grindstaff, has given some information to headquarters which they refuse to dis-f close at present. r Now right here is where I took it into my head to become more than an interested onlooker, and do a little detecting myself. The best place to start, I decided-, would be at the Woodside home, so thence I turned my steps. The home was surrounded by people, most of them being there out of curiosity.. The 'main magnet to the home, however, was a 215500 reward which had been offered to- any person who solved the mysterious case. The reward was offered by the Woman's Suffrage Club, of which the most important leaders are: Eugenia Goldman, Florencing Cicewski and Minnehaha Fine. Three young ladies, in severely tailored clothes, mannish hats and shoes were closely scrutenizing the garage floor with an immense magnifying glass. Luck seemed to smile upon me, for I spied a small white card at the extreme interior of the garage. My heart turned with a thrilly ker-flop. Needless to say Miss Everingham, Miss Breck- enridge and Miss Scheckler were as excited as I. Perhaps it was :1 hastily scrawled note which Miss Woodside had thrown from the car as the daring, blood thirsty kidnappers had made off with her. After this fond hope, you can imagine my discouragement when upon close inspection that little tantalizing bit of white proved to be only an ordinary calling card. But at least it had a name on it: MR. E. O'BRIEN Justice of the Peace Justice of the Peace! Ummm-now that was usually connected with marriages instead of kidnappers. Evidently the first thing to do would be to interview Mr. O'Brien, so the three Botanical young women and I started off. Mr. O'Brien's office was on the ninety-fifth floor and was one of the largest and most imposing office rooms I had even seen. At a large mahogany desk sat his stenographer, Miss Wilson. I recovered my composure, and calmly asked if We could see the Justice. She motioned us to seats and then touched a small buzzer on her desk. The door opened almost immediately and a fine, ,young fellow came out. Surely this wasn't the Justice. No-Miss Wilson was ordering him to find out if the Justice would receive us. She evidently saw our amazement that such a young man as had left the room would be a common office boy, and so she obligingly explained that as Mr. Mason's fthe office boyj highest ambition was to be a great Justice like the illustrous O'Brien, he had accepted the position with the idea of learning details about he business before he opened up an office of his own. , We were finally ushered into Mr. O'Brien's office but we gained absolutely nothing from our visit except the idea that he knew much about the affair and was telling nothing. I escorted the greatly dis- Class Prophecy 3 . I Il 1 Ir- 'I' il-'lI lh1lh1Q: Alu' H5081-ll'-ll'-il'lt-I4.Y1 ,l . I ll L ll